"Musashi" <Miyamoto@Hosokawa.co.jp>, haber iletisinde ?unlar? 
yazd?:yZskd.27776$Qv5.6556@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com...
I heard yesterday from a friend in Tokyo that Japanese
web sites which had the Kouda Beheading Video have
taken them off under the instructions of the Japanese government, on the 
grounds that it is distressing and
disrespectful to the surviving family and friends of the victim.
Has anyone else heard this?

While I certainly agree with the reasoning, if this is true, the notion that 
a government of a democratic country can or should do such a thing disturbs 
me. After all, Japan is not
the 中華人民共和国。

Normally I'd agree with you. But having seen a similar beheading video in 
the past, I now believe it is best that this sort of videos are censored. It 
is so inhumanly, I can't begin explaining why it irritated me so much (and I 
was grown up among Muslims; I have seen many cattles slaughtered in similar 
manner. But it's whole different when the victim is humanbeing).